Standard ErrorsMedical care benefits: Employee contributions for single and family coverage

Table 16. Standard errors for medical care benefits: Monthly employee contributions for single and family coverage, Stateand local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Single coverage1

Family coverage1

10thpercentile

25thpercentile

50thpercentile(median)

75thpercentile

90thpercentile

10thpercentile

25thpercentile

50thpercentile(median)

75thpercentile

90thpercentile

All workers

$0.32

$2.48

$3.54

$4.46

$4.09

$6.09

$8.77

$20.56

$24.28

$25.03

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

0.43

2.49

3.96

7.84

2.18

5.85

15.36

20.86

19.94

27.32

Professional and related

0.27

2.61

3.36

7.07

5.80

5.88

16.43

17.08

48.82

45.52

Teachers

0.20

3.06

3.07

7.21

8.96

8.76

24.56

36.35

35.08

53.21

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

0.84

3.00

3.35

9.40

8.88

7.10

30.92

45.67

16.17

39.77

Service

1.06

3.06

3.32

5.17

13.67

13.45

12.95

17.31

51.31

22.12

Protective service

3.98

2.42

3.82

8.02

25.92

14.41

16.19

18.19

17.39

23.08

Sales and office

0.56

5.25

3.80

3.23

13.33

9.31

14.16

17.67

40.22

10.81

Office and administrative support

1.01

5.26

3.86

3.62

15.80

8.88

14.44

18.38

38.93

7.45

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.73

6.56

8.75

4.97

20.19

11.14

12.22

15.20

47.15

31.30

Production, transportation, and material moving

5.26

4.77

7.82

21.71

16.86

24.24

20.15

38.43

51.34

87.35

Full time

0.26

2.74

3.42

3.63

5.57

7.64

8.61

21.15

23.05

26.32

Part time

2.66

7.12

8.03

14.00

42.31

15.22

36.04

63.36

46.04

100.08

Union

0.93

3.19

1.59

6.65

10.93

8.76

10.32

3.23

10.63

51.53

Nonunion

0.00

6.22

6.34

5.77

9.01

11.56

12.47

20.25

57.29

19.08

Average wage within the following categories:2

Lowest 25 percent

0.00

10.17

8.61

6.35

17.40

7.73

13.07

34.86

62.54

37.43

Lowest 10 percent

–

–

–

–

–

20.64

20.79

52.89

0.00

76.88

Second 25 percent

0.29

3.05

2.51

4.52

7.78

4.32

9.58

6.94

39.26

13.79

Third 25 percent

1.31

2.87

2.83

3.42

16.56

9.89

15.83

24.86

32.99

35.09

Highest 25 percent

1.79

2.65

2.70

4.62

8.96

5.08

11.89

15.58

31.37

47.36

Highest 10 percent

2.97

3.52

4.49

9.31

7.37

13.47

18.80

25.72

38.32

47.50

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

0.31

2.55

3.58

4.48

3.65

6.15

9.21

21.35

22.95

24.23

Education and health services

0.00

4.79

6.03

8.13

3.73

6.20

15.26

26.58

52.47

43.95

Educational services

0.00

5.63

7.28

10.19

5.12

6.14

16.44

38.69

41.56

44.06

Elementary and secondary schools

0.00

2.71

4.28

7.37

8.91

5.69

22.34

13.07

7.34

27.88

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

–

–

–

–

–

19.79

26.54

81.31

158.94

15.98

Health care and social assistance

3.63

5.43

5.77

4.48

13.23

19.53

16.55

20.98

50.94

41.19

Hospitals

–

–

–

–

–

17.10

17.82

38.42

65.88

3.96

Public administration

1.46

2.80

2.16

3.83

11.01

5.24

10.49

10.94

12.90

24.31

1 to 99 workers

3.52

6.49

5.54

2.28

8.56

16.55

13.26

30.82

46.70

44.58

1 to 49 workers

2.86

13.92

7.06

5.13

9.07

12.78

16.99

44.18

61.54

73.67

50 to 99 workers

10.94

9.06

9.00

4.41

7.54

18.84

43.87

77.09

87.34

77.24

100 workers or more

0.22

2.43

4.44

5.50

3.14

6.39

10.33

20.11

22.46

24.45

100 to 499 workers

0.52

5.58

6.64

11.82

10.03

9.10

14.67

41.26

73.27

51.67

500 workers or more

0.39

2.72

4.02

5.72

6.46

5.65

11.73

20.88

26.34

30.27

State government

2.15

4.08

4.44

7.49

14.05

39.20

11.83

36.40

76.27

86.65

Local government

0.14

2.53

4.51

4.13

6.06

7.59

12.97

17.82

22.82

37.89

Geographic areas

New England

11.22

2.31

8.35

13.94

11.47

4.74

10.37

14.10

28.98

42.35

Middle Atlantic

6.22

9.43

3.31

12.13

30.94

11.65

29.24

0.00

60.99

65.26

East North Central

5.11

1.84

7.24

7.03

21.05

6.88

2.98

24.57

61.94

67.28

West North Central

2.60

5.55

5.85

7.97

8.67

3.99

10.57

38.93

70.33

107.09

South Atlantic

4.21

5.66

4.32

0.00

21.55

21.98

13.85

30.71

0.00

20.15

East South Central

–

–

–

–

–

56.70

41.67

171.35

0.00

0.00

West South Central

6.49

3.81

7.28

4.89

24.97

36.10

9.97

27.95

30.64

78.62

Mountain

3.32

8.76

3.83

8.38

16.31

–

–

–

–

–

Pacific

1.72

6.83

7.85

10.16

41.17

7.99

13.97

19.79

49.88

16.31

1The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position within each published series. For example, at the 50th percentile or median, half of participating workers pay thesame as or more than the premium shown, and half pay the same as or less than the premium shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of participating workers pay the same or less thanthe premium shown. The remai
ning percentiles follow the same logic.

2The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages arebased on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2010." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of EmployeeBenefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20102011.htm.